Lamniformes

Translingual

Lamna nasus, hooked

Etymology

From Lamna +‎ -iformes.

Proper noun

Lamniformes

1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Selachimorpha – the mackerel sharks.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Elasmobranchii - subclass

Hyponyms

• (order): Alopiidae (thresher sharks), Cetorhinidae (basking shark), Lamnidae (great mackerel sharks), Megachasmidae (megamouth shark), Mitsukurinidae (goblin shark), Odontaspididae (sand tiger), Pseudocarchariidae (crocodile shark) (families)
  • †Anacoracidae (extinct family)

References

• Lamniformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lamniformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Lamniformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lamniformes at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248